Madden Island

Madden Island
	Topographic map of the Marshall Archipelago with Madden Island (left)
Waters	Sulzberger Ice Shelf , Southern Ocean
Archipelago	Marshall Archipelago
Geographical location	77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W
length	6 km

Madden Island is a 6 km long island in the Marshall Archipelago off the Saunders coast of Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Sulzberger Ice Shelf , it lies between Moody Island and Grinder Island .

The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1970 after Michael C. Madden, an electrician at Byrd Station in 1966.

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